Jana Toom (born Jana Tšernogorova, formerly Yana Litvinova, Yana Toom; born 15 October 1966) is an Estonian politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2014.
[1] Born to ethnic Russian immigrant parents, Toom become a naturalized citizen of Estonia in 2008.
She is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Artificial Intelligence and Digital,[4] the European Parliament Intergroup on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights[5] and the European Parliament Intergroup on Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages.
In July 2016, Toom was part of a small delegation of MEPs, including Javier Couso Permuy and Tatjana Ždanoka, which traveled to Damascus to meet Bashar al-Assad.
[8] In November 2023, a scandal emerged in Estonia where Yana Toom financed the legal aid expenses of Russian stateless persons deported from Estonia for anti-state activities, so that they could go to court against the Estonian state.